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... ship the John . He was newly returned from Brasil , in the kingdom of Portugal's service , and now bound for Lisbon , with a rich freight , and some lady of great note , who with her family took passage with him . The English merchants ...
... ship the John . He was newly returned from Brasil , in the kingdom of Portugal's service , and now bound for Lisbon , with a rich freight , and some lady of great note , who with her family took passage with him . The English merchants ...
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... ship ( if possible ) in steerage way , and under command ; the other stood to the helm , and he shifted it in a nick of time ; for the ship was at the point of dashing on the starboard breach : and altho ' ; in the rest of the voyage ...
... ship ( if possible ) in steerage way , and under command ; the other stood to the helm , and he shifted it in a nick of time ; for the ship was at the point of dashing on the starboard breach : and altho ' ; in the rest of the voyage ...
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... ship drew , which soon mended upon us , the next cast of the lead affording eight- een or twenty foot . We stood to this channel , and the light of the morning enabling the quartermasters to con the ship , we were by this miraculous ...
... ship drew , which soon mended upon us , the next cast of the lead affording eight- een or twenty foot . We stood to this channel , and the light of the morning enabling the quartermasters to con the ship , we were by this miraculous ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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